Kvs PGT English Syllabus

Scheme &Syllabus of Exam for Direct Recruitment of PGTs:
Part I - Proficiency in Languages (20 marks):
(a) General English(10 questions)

Reading comprehension, word power, Grammar & usage
(b) General Hindi(10 questions)
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Part II — General awareness, Reasoning &Proficiency in Computers (20 marks):

(g) General Awareness& Current Affairs(10 questions)
(h) Reasoning Ability(5 questions)
(i) Computer Literacy(5 questions)
Part Ill -Perspectives on Education and Leadership (40 marks):
(a) Understanding the Learner(15 questions)

• Concept of growth, maturation and development, principles and debates of
development, development tasks and challenges
• Domains of Development: Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional, Moral etc., deviations
in development and its implications.
• Understanding Adolescence: Needs, challenges and implications for designing
institutional support.
• Role of Primary and Secondary Socialization agencies. Ensuring Home school
continuity.
(b) Understanding Teaching Learning (15 questions)

• Theoretical perspectives on Learning -Behaviorism, Cognitivism and Constructivism with
special reference to their implications for:
i. The role of teacher
ii. The role of learner
iii. Nature of teacher-student relationship
iv. Choice of teaching methods
v. Classroom environment
vi. Understanding of discipline, power etc.
• Factors affecting learning and their implications for:
i. Designing classroom instructions,
ii. Planning student activities and,
iii. Creating learning spaces in school.
Planning and Organization of Teaching-Learning
i. Concept of Syllabus and Curriculum, Overt and Hidden Curriculum, Principles of
curriculum organization
ii. Competency based Education, Experiential learning, etc.
iii. Instructional Plans: -Year Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
iv. Instructional material and resources
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v. Information and Communication Technology(ICT) for teaching-learning
vi. Evaluation: Purpose, types and limitations. Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation,Characteristics of a good tool.
vii. Assessment of learning, for learning and as learning: Meaning, purpose and
considerations in planning each.
■ Enhancing Teaching Learning processes: Classroom Observation and Feedback,
Reflections and Dialogues as a means of constructivist teaching
c.) Creating Conducive Learning Environment(04 questions)

■ The concepts of Diversity, disability and Inclusion, implications of disability as social
construct, types of disabilities-their identification and interventions
• Concept of School Mental Health, addressing the curative, preventive and promotive
dimensions of mental health for all students and staff. Provisioning for guidance and
counselling.
■ Developing School and community as a learning resource.
(d) School Organization and Leadership(04 questions)

■ Leader as reflective practitioner, team builder, initiator, coach and mentor.
• Perspectives on School Leadership: instructional, distributed and transformative
■ Vision building, goal setting and creating a School development Plan
■ Using School Processes and forums for strengthening teaching learning-Annual Calendar,
time-tabling, parent teacher forums, school assembly, teacher development forums ,
using achievement data for improving teaching —learning, School Self Assessment and
Improvement
■ Creating partnerships with community , industry and other neighbouring schools and
Higher Education Institutes — forming learning communities
(e)Perspectives in Education(02 questions)

■ NEP-2020: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Holistic & Integrated Learning; Equitable
and Inclusive Education: Learning for All; Competency based learning and Education.
■ Guiding Principles for Child Rights, Protecting and provisioning for rights of children to
safe and secure school environment, Right of Children to free and Compulsory
Education Act, 2009,
• Historically studying the National Policies in education with special reference to school
education;
■ School Curriculum Principles: Perspective, Learning and Knowledge, Curricular Areas,
School Stages, Pedagogy and Assessment
Part IV - Subject-specific Syllabus (100 marks): Refer Annexure
Note:
The Professional Competency Test (Demo Teaching and Interview), is of 60 marks. The
weightage of Written Test & Professional Competency Test ( Demo Teaching and Interview) will
be in the ratio of 70:30.
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Final merit list will be based on the performance of the candidate in Written Test, Professional
Competency Test taken together.
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Syllabus for the post of PGT - English
Subject specific syllabus includes the concepts of NCERT/CBSE syllabus and Text Books (Classes XI
& XII), however, the questions will be testing the depth of understanding and application of
these concepts at the level of Post- Graduation.
• Reading: Unseen passage (Factual, descriptive or literary) to assess comprehension,
interpretation inference and vocabulary, Unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs
like statistical data, charts etc., Note Making and Summarization based on a passage.
• Creative Writing Skills: Notice, Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, Letters based on
verbal/visual input, Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on
verbal inputs. Classified Advertisements, Poster, Writing a Speech in 120-150 words based on
verbal/ visual clues related to some contemporary / age-appropriate topic, Debate on
contemporary topical issues based on visual/verbal inputs
• Grammar: Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses), Questions on re-ordering/transformation

of sentences.
• The Portrait of a Lady , A Photograph , “We’re Not Afraid to Die... if we can be together,
Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues;, The Laburnum Top , The Voice of the Rain , Childhood ,
The Adventure; Silk Road , Father to Son
• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse , The Address , Mother’s Day , Birth , The Tale of
Melon City
• The Last Lesson , Lost Spring , Deep Water, The Rattrap , Índigo , Poets and Pancakes , The
Interview , Going Places , My Mother at Sixty-Six , Keeping Quiet , A Thing of Beauty , A
Roadside Stand , Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, The Third Level ; The Tiger King, Journey to the end of
the Earth , The Enemy , On the Face of It , Memories of Childhood, The Cutting of My Long
Hair , We Too are Human Beings
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Scheme &Syllabus of Exam for Direct Recruitment of PGTs:

Part I - Proficiency in Languages (20 marks):

(a) General English(10 questions)

Part II — General awareness, Reasoning &Proficiency in Computers (20 marks):

Part Ill -Perspectives on Education and Leadership (40 marks):

(a) Understanding the Learner(15 questions)

(b) Understanding Teaching Learning (15 questions)

c.) Creating Conducive Learning Environment(04 questions)

(d) School Organization and Leadership(04 questions)

(e)Perspectives in Education(02 questions)

Part IV - Subject-specific Syllabus (100 marks): Refer Annexure

• Grammar: Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses), Questions on re-ordering/transformation

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